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In My Bleacher Mom Era

~ quirkymoms486 ~ Leave a comment

I’m currently in my bleacher years as a mom and honestly? I never want it to end.

As stressful as it is paying those monthly youth sports bills, making sure you have all the right gear, the correct dance attire, making sure you have your schedule down for the week, the team group chats going off constantly and driving you nuts with the crazy questions, it’s all so worth it.

Looking at our calendars sometimes I think are we doing too much? Are we too busy? Can we handle it all?

But then it’s time to sit in the stands while they look for you and wave and their whole face lights up and all those worries go away. I love watching them show up and do their best. Learn and listen and find friendships, that’s what it’s all about.

Sitting there watching them do their thing is so worth the rushed dinners, the late nights, early mornings, car full of random equipment bags, blankets, never ending snack bags.

I myself even learn so much from this journey. Teaching myself how to put each piece of equipment on right so I can teach them, tie the cleats and the skate’s tight enough, make sure the ponytail is intact. Learn the plays and the rules. Help practice the dance moves.

It may be stressful right now while in the thick of it all but I know one day it’s not going to be this chaotic and I know when that day comes I am going to miss it all.

The noise and the rush to get ready and out the door, the uniforms hanging to dry, the glitter that spills sometimes from dance recitals, the dirty cleats, the stinky hockey gear, the wins and celebrations, the loses, the bravery of getting out there and trying.

One day the fields, the rinks and the stage won’t have a player with my last name anymore and that breaks my heart to think about.

There are some things I regret in life and still some yet to come but, showing up for them and watching them on the field, on the ice, on the stage is never going to be one of them.

So I am embracing my bleacher mom era, their childhood. Yes, I may be tired most days but I am so lucky.

Lucky to have front row seats to memories that will last a lifetime. To cheer them on from my bleacher seat.

To soak it all in because one day, I’ll want to be back to being in this era of life more than anything.

This will be the good ole’ days.

So to all my fellow bleacher mama’s,

CHEERS!

How Did We Get Here So Fast!?

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I swear, some days it feels like I just had my sweet babes. They sure were right when they said time flies when you’re raising kids.

I wish it would slow down.

I’ll tell ya what though, we have been BUSY. Busy busy with life and learning the new stage of “activities”

My son and I just went to kindergarten round up. Cue the waterworks because I can’t believe it, my mama heart is not ready! Even though I am so excited for him but secretly a little scared too.

T-ball sign ups are this week!! Let’s hope for some grass stained baseball pants and lots of fun.

Also, my two year old daughter has such a loud personality and needs to be busy so let’s throw in a fun dance class for her this Spring! I mean why not?

I just find myself all the time asking lately how did we get here already!?

What happened to the middle of the night bottle feeds and the sweet sweet smell of newborn baby.

I have loved every stage of motherhood no matter how hard it can be and I know I am still just at the beginning stages but I can’t help but feel sad about how big my babies are getting already.

At the same time though, it is so exciting experiencing all these firsts.

Motherhood is such a whirlwind.

Watching them become their little selves and learning and growing is such a gift.

I am just embracing this season of life.

Trying to slow down as much as I can and give my all to my family.

That’s what matters most to me.

So yay for early dinners because we have to get to practice and uniforms to wash.

Bring on this new season of parenting!

This mama is ready to take on the new title “sports mom”